Decorated jazz vocalist Veronica Swift comes to Rockport on the heels of her recent eponymously titled album, a masterful coming-out story. She earned international acclaim at the 2015 Thelonious Monk International Vocal Competition, and her previous albums, Confessions (2019) and This Bitter Earth (2021), sent her to the upper echelon of early 21st century jazz […]
Grab a drink at the bar and settle in for this folk-club style concert hosted by Maeve Gilchrist to kickstart the festival in style! Led by acclaimed violinist Jeremy Kittel (formerly of the Grammy-winning Turtle Island Quartet), Grammy-nominated Kittel & Co. inhabits the space between classical & acoustic roots, Celtic & bluegrass aesthetics and folk […]
This night celebrates polskas, polkas and everything in between as we highlight the strong connections between our Swedish neighbors and their lasting impact on American culture and music. Few musicians alive today hold such influence over the Global acoustic music scene as Swedish folk group Väsen. Joining them are influential American instrumentalist duo Bruce Molsky […]
Salon host Maeve Gilchrist visits with some of the Festival’s artists to discuss traditional music, techniques, collaboration and more. Hear American traditional music icons Bruce Molsky and Darol Anger discuss innovation vs tradition and share some stories from the road! Hannah Read talks to us about her mycologist father’s influence on her current Fungi project […]
Salon host Maeve Gilchrist visits with some of the Festival’s artists to discuss traditional music, techniques, collaboration and more. Hear American traditional music icons Bruce Molsky and Darol Anger discuss innovation vs tradition and share some stories from the road! Hannah Read talks to us about her mycologist father’s influence on her current Fungi project […]
Maeve Gilchrist | Madelyn Monaghan | Jeremy Kittel | Hannah Read | Darol Anger | Bruce Molsky In tonight’s wonderfully eclectic program, we hear a selection of music that spans the breadth of Celtic and Celtic-adjacent music from its most traditional form to the most cutting edge! We start the evening with the stunning solo […]
Grab a drink at the bar, bring your dancing shoes and join host Maeve Gilchrist for an exhilarating evening of fiddle music and dance! Enjoy the traditional session hosted by Boston-based Scottish fiddler Katie McNally, pianist Neil Pearlman and fiddler/accordionist Emily Troll along with some surprise special guests. And be prepared to grab a partner […]
Grab a drink at the bar, bring your dancing shoes and join host Maeve Gilchrist for an exhilarating evening of fiddle music and dance! Enjoy the traditional session hosted by Boston-based Scottish fiddler Katie McNally, pianist Neil Pearlman and fiddler/accordionist Emily Troll along with some surprise special guests. And be prepared to grab a partner […]
Maeve Gilchrist | Madelyn Monaghan | Jeremy Kittel | Hannah Read Enjoy a meditative Sunday hour celebrating the time-old relationship between words and music. Join our artists as they share a selection of poems and prose accompanied by a soundscape both improvised and curated. One of our most unique and intimate events. Don’t miss it! […]
Maeve Gilchrist | Madelyn Monaghan | Jeremy Kittel | Hannah Read Enjoy a meditative Sunday hour celebrating the time-old relationship between words and music. Join our artists as they share a selection of poems and prose accompanied by a soundscape both improvised and curated. One of our most unique and intimate events. Don’t miss it! […]
Maeve Gilchrist | Pine Tree Flyers | David Coffin | Jeremy Kittel | Liz Carroll | Rasa String Quartet | Hannah Read | Logan Coale Join us for this year’s nautical adventure as we traverse the Atlantic Ocean from shore to shore. We present the firepower of the Pine Tree Flyers, a quartet from Portland, […]
Maeve Gilchrist | Pine Tree Flyers | David Coffin | Jeremy Kittel | Liz Carroll | Rasa String Quartet | Hannah Read | Logan Coale Join us for this year’s nautical adventure as we traverse the Atlantic Ocean from shore to shore. We present the firepower of the Pine Tree Flyers, a quartet from Portland, […]
